Hello and welcome to iGarden. Anyone who knows me will know that I am 'The Compulsive Gardener' - I love everything about gardening.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged (at least by gardeners), that contact with nature is a way to save our sanity in these increasingly fraught times. Those of us fortunate enough to have a garden are finding that an hour or so of pottering outside is a welcome distraction: monitoring the progress of our veggie or annual flower seedlings, thinking up ideas of how to rearrange an area, propagating a favourite plant to give to a friend (one day) - these activities focus the mind on nature and s ... Read On »
See the full list of what's flowering in my garden this month.
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The coldest month brings new gardening tasks to do! Read More »
Fertilising: Annual flowers such as pansy, primula and cineraria will appreciate some foliar feeding as will bulbs. Winter-flowering perennials such as hellebores, violets, Cymbidium orchids, Bergenia and Salvia will appreciate being given a liquid fertiliser formulated to promote more blooms.
Brian asks:
Just wondering if anyone is growing this lovely shrub and would be willing to post me a couple of cuttings to NSW 2546? I have the red one but would like to grow the yellow one too. Many thanks. Brian.
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